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Mississippian Incised Whelk Shell Incised Falcon Mask

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Mississippian Incised Whelk Shell Incised Falcon Mask

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**Originally Listed At $1200**

Native American, Midwestern to Southern United States, Mississippian / Caddo culture, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A fascinating and large whelk shell used as ceremonial cup with a carved surface featuring an abstract face with pointed "falcon mask" markings under the eyes, a disembodied eye below, a snake, and a spider. Some falcon's bear dark eye markings, a bird that Mississippian tribes venerated - warriors are often depicted with these marks to symbolize the sky and spirt realm. Tribes used welks and conchs as cups to hold a special tea, and these shells were used ritualistically and as markers of status and wealth. Shell spirals follow either a sinistral (clockwise) or a dextral (counterclockwise) orientation, which signified the cosmological progress of birth to death and the reverse path towards life and renewal. Marine shells have been found in burials far inland such as the Spiro Mound site in Oklahoma- those important shells traveled about 1,400 miles (2253 km) from the ocean- indicating their value in Mississippian culture! Size: 7.5" L x 5" W (19 cm x 12.7 cm)

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Provenance: ex-John Grenawalt collection

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Condition

Losses to shell as shown and natural pitting and ossification to surface. Softening to spider and snake etchings. Dark patina throughout.

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Mississippian Incised Whelk Shell Incised Falcon Mask

Name: Mississippian Incised Whelk Shell Incised Falcon Mask
SKU: 149320603
Price: 1800 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $1,800 - $2,700

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